Ranbir Kapoor may have gained heartthrob status with his "lover boy" roles but the actor is excited about his upcoming film Rajneeti, where in his own words, he plays "a mature man" for the first time.

The storyline of Ajab Prem is extremely weak. It is run of the mill, common and non-innovative. The treatment too is quite flimsy. The setting of the movie also looks visibly made up lending a very unreal tinge to it.

Wake up Sid is very reflective of Karan Johar's comfort of working with characters that come out of the upper middle class. And while his production house continues to carry his legacy forward, it has found a happy niche in stories that are more real and practical.

Actor Ranbir Kapoor has said that his upcoming film Wake Up Sid is a coming of age movie where everyone will identify with the protagonist. "It is a cool film about waking up to life, family, love, career", Ranbir told reporters here. The actor said he decided to do the film because it was the finest script he had heard in his two-year-old career.

Actress Deepika Padukone feels the spirit of sportsmanship, which she imbibed from her father and Badminton ace Prakash Padukone, helps her balance the highs and lows in the film industry.

Model-turned-actress Deepika Padukone turned 23 on Monday and visited the Siddhivinayak temple in Mumbai with her parents to offer prayers. Ranbir is apparently busy shooting with Katrina Kaif in Mumbai for Rajkumar Santoshi's Ajab Prem Ki Gajab Kahani.

Prakash Jha's Rajneeti was to be Raveena Tandon's dream comeback but the actress quit the project once she learnt that she would have to play Ajay Devgan's mother.

Composer-singer-actor Himesh Reshammiya, who plays the lead role in the remake of the 1980s superhit "Karz", admits Ranbir Kapoor would have been a better choice for the role and would have ensured the film's box office success.

For all the great movies and newbie directors Yash Raj has given Indian cinema, the name resounds talent extraordinaire no more.

Acclaimed Bollywood director Prakash Jha took five days off to be in Nafplion, Greece, to finish the scripting of his political parable Rajneeti. He wants the script to support his lead actor Ranbir Kapoor's character completely.

Ranbir Kapoor of Saawariya fame is set to star opposite two-time National Award winning Konkona Sen Sharma in a film that will be directed by Kajol's cousin.

Newest Bollywood stars Ranbir Kapoor and Deepika Padukone were adjudged best debutant actors while Om Shanti Om swept a number of technical awards at this year's International Indian Film Awards here tonight.

Kapoor scion Ranbir, who walked the ramp for the first time at the ongoing the Lakme Fashion Week, says he has no plans to perform live on stage for a long time. He said 'no' to lucrative offers to dance at all awards functions at the beginning of the year.

Romancing younger men on screen seems to be in vogue in Bollywood. The latest to join the bandwagon is Bipasha Basu who pairs up with Ranbir Kapoor and Neil Nitin Mukesh in two of her forthcoming films.

A die-hard Rishi Kapoor fan, Deepika Padukone, the star of 2007 blockbuster "Om Shanti Om", had to pinch herself when she met him - not as a fan but his son Ranbir's girlfriend.

Newcomer Ranbir Kapoor of "Saawariya" fame is seeing Deepika Padukone and is "happy to be part of her life."

Imtiaz Ali of "Jab We Met" fame will direct Ranbir Kapoor and Deepika Padukone in another Pepsi advertisement.

Young Bollywood is short on talent. But some of the new talents to watch out for are director Farhan Akhtar in his new avatar as actor, TV actress Prachi Desai and newcomer Harman Baweja.

Ranbir Kapoor's post-"Saawariya" project, a romantic musical for Yash Raj Films, had been struggling to find an appropriate title. Finally, it has one - "Bachna Ae Haseenon", which harks back to his father's chartbuster.